Thank you! 🙏. Holidays and end of year are usually crazy for me haha. Will do my best to stay consistent.

Towing*

This!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for this Bert! Makes a lot more sense. I’ll definitely try this out when I take the truck off road.

@@TristanGrimaldo No problem. My daily commute to work involves some good grades. If I do not put the vehicle in “S-mode”, I am using the brakes way too often to manage my speed while descending. When going up grades, leaving it in “S-mode”, I notice more responsive acceleration as the transmission holds gears closer to redline before shifting. When accelerating while in “S-mode”, I let the transmission do all the shifting through gears as it acts as a gear limiter. I believe in the owner’s manual for my vehicle, it is suggested that towing only be done in “S-mode”. My vehicle doesn’t have a tow/haul mode but is a Toyota product, so I assume there may be some similarities in function with the power trains. I’ve owned and driven several manual transmission vehicles over the last couple of decades and prefer them over automatic transmissions. Trying to use Toyota’s “S-mode” to operate a vehicle as if it had a manual transmission doesn’t work very well but I’ve found that using it as a gear limiter, it is a great and helpful feature. Downside to it is I’ve noticed a 1-2 mpg decline in my fuel economy as I find my foot getting more into it as I enjoy the responsiveness and hearing the little V8 come to life. Hope this helps.

For clarification, when I say put it in “S-mode” I mean shift it to “4S” and leave it there. From a complete stop while in “4S”, when you accelerate or punch it the vehicle should start off in first gear on its own and shift through second and third for you. It should then keep it in fourth as the highest gear available until you shift out of it yourself. I use “D” mainly as an overdrive while on the highway or on long flat stretches with minimal traffic. Using the vehicle this way may cost some in fuel economy in my experience but is worth it in my opinion for the improvement in performance.

@@bertwilliams2445 Definitely does! Thank you so much for the thorough feedback and perspective!

I’ll choose a manual transmission over auto any day. Even if it’s slower. It’s the driving experience for me 😎

Thank you Bradley! Would be interesting to know how it would work. I’m very experienced with the v6 twin turbo power train. I was able to get my ecoboost F150 to push close to 400+ whp and 700lbs of torque. Honestly trying to avoid messing with the TRD pro because once I start, I can’t stop 🤣

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I couldn’t wait anymore lol. But would be interesting to see the differences on the 23

I agree. Someone on my video commented and explained the purpose or use of it very well. Primarily not for sport fun but more purposeful reasons like steep pathways

Haha sorry. Next time 😁

nothing compares to the feeling of driving a manual 🤟🏻

Honestly holding back from modifying this truck. If I start, I can’t stop 🤣

I’ll have to try it